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LOT 1423
Elizabethan Period Ceramic Fire Brick Group
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/4 - 5 3/4 in. (5.12 kg total, 13.5 - 14.5 cm).
Each differently sized and displaying a design in relief, including elaborate floral motifs, heraldic lion within lozenge and heraldic shields. [4]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. similar specimen in the British Museum, inventory no.OA.9377.
FootnotesThese glazed stove or floor tiles are similar to the ones of the great hall and the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace, made of ceramic, with a glaze to make it hard-wearing and washable. Not just the furnishings, but the palaces themselves were multi-coloured, with brick walls painted red, and exposed timbers in yellow, red, green and white.
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Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of graduated facetted blue beads interspersed with opaque seed beads. 9.1 grams, 69 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of carved cylindrical and small cylindrical spacer beads interspersed with teardrop-shaped pendant beads with a central spherical feature bead. 30.8 grams, 48 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Large Bronze Roman Romulus and Remus Plaque
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Modelled in the half-round and hollow to the reverse; the lupa she-wolf standing with head turned, infant twins suckling beneath on a chamfered base. 14.9 kg, 72 cm wide
Ex Weser auction, Germany. Ex French gallery, Paris.
The plaque is modelled on the famous Lupa Capitolina "the Capitoline Wolf", believed to be an Etruscan-inspired bronze of the 5th century B.C. with modifications in the 15th century AD by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. The twin boys are Romulus and Remus, abandoned by their mother and kept alive by the wolf. They went on to be founders of Rome; Romulus killed Remus in a dispute over the most appropriate hill (Palatine or Aventine) on which to base the city's layout.
